Captain Fantastic" is a dystopian movie, in a family long-term During more than ten years of "jungle-style" education, the father wholeheartedly cultivated his children into outstanding adults. When the mother suddenly passed away, the children chose to leave the jungle in the past to attend the mother's funeral, and this journey started them. Entering social life, conflicts and contradictions follow one after another, and the father chooses to let the children "return"...
I love this film not because of its confrontation with mainstream society, nor because of his utopian romance and ideals , but it shows a possibility of life "When we talk about magic, we want to talk about hunting, reading, and sex education in the
film." The opening of the film is the hunting scene, hidden in the oily green The long-haired figure under the jungle quickly and quickly captured a wild elk. The father took the elk's internal organs and drew a trace on his forehead. The
father said: "Today this boy no longer exists, and he is replaced by a real one. The man""
son took the internal organs from his father's hands and ate them, and a coming-of-age ceremony ended.
Thoreau mentions in "Walden" that he was asked in the past if they should let their children go hunting, and his answer was always yes, because let them be hunters, although at first they could only play In the end, they may not be able to become the most powerful hunters, so that they will not kill innocent people indiscriminately on this land or wilderness, and will not use the same kind as the target of fishing and hunting.
People often get to know nature through hunting, discover their own nature, and after they have spent their indifferent childhood, they will not brutally kill any animals, because animals have the same right to survive as they are today, just like today's mountain hikers, when They have climbed one mountain after another, and they will find that what they pursue is not to conquer nature, but to conquer themselves. When hunters hunt thousands of times, their impetuous hearts will calm down, and they will understand the laws of nature and think clearly about life. What is the goal.
In "Captain Fantastic", the father strictly demands their routine, morning exercise, meditation, hunting, fighting skills, reading and music. There are no mobile phones, computers, and all other entertainment that are essential to our modern life.
Reading
in this jungle brings them thinking. Their discussions are not only thinking, there is agreement and refutation, but also mutual understanding and integration.
"We define ourselves by our actions, not words." This is a child's self-awareness. Their lives are each other rather than alone. It is often said that the convenience of intelligence replaces the artificial, and the time of reading at night is infinite. Tranquility replaces the distractions of the internet.
During the driving journey, the father and daughter talked about "Lolita". What he wanted to hear from his daughter was his own thoughts on the novel, not a general explanation. The daughter said, "Because it was written from his point of view, you will understand and sympathize with him a little bit, the magic is here, because he is a pedophile by nature, but his love for her is beautiful, I hate him, Somehow I sympathize with him again."
In our Chinese family, "father" is often a vacant position. In "no education, father's fault", parents' fault becomes mother's fault, and father's busyness becomes unable to participate. Reasons for children to grow up. In the film we portray a dedicated father figure who has his own way of educating his children. In the process of discussing "Lolita" between the father and the daughter, it is undoubtedly a period of speculation and exploration. The magic in the end is that maybe the daughter knows how to establish herself and form her own feelings. At the same time, the father's questions also let her understand See the world in a different light.
Regarding sex education
, the youngest daughter asked
"What is rape?" The
father replied
"When a person, usually a man, forces another person, usually a woman, to have sex with him." After saying a natural change of context, "Who is hungry?" It's a clever way to let the child know that it's a natural topic to talk about
"what does it mean to have sex?"
"It's a man inserting his penis into a woman's vagina, and everyone's eyes are bright, looking for a deer"
"Mom" can be seen as a boundary in the whole film, from the jungle to the society, the boundary between ideal and reality. Her passing forced the children out of the jungle.
"You can't win some battles. The life of the weak is controlled by the strong. This is the law of this world. It's unfair and unfair, but it's too bad. We can only shut up and accept it." Because of their mother, their lives Begin to change, the end of the film is a kind of compromise, but also a kind of return, returning from the father's consistent educational methods does not mean admitting defeat, it is the freedom after the face, and remodeling a new utopia in the heart is the real ideal. country.
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